Mi Casa Es Esta Casa

I finally went to Casa Mila (or La Pedrera), one of Gaudi's amazing designs that make up Barcelona's landscape.  I have no words for how amazing it was.  I welt up when I was on the terrace just like I did when I was standing in the middle of Parc Guell on my second day here.  I remember looking at slides in art history class and I remember being interested, but nothing takes the place of being there.  The atmosphere of the city puts the work into a context that I cannot explain. 

Casa Mila is in the neighborhood of Exiample on the Passeig de Gracia in the middle of a very busy commercial and residential area.

Waiting along the outside of the building.  Gaudi was inspired by organic things like the spine and tortoise shells -- you can really see it.

I never forgot the image of the entrance I saw in art history class.  It always stayed in my mind as this spider web, dark, almost Gothic like building.  This could not be further from the truth; this building is alive and beautiful and glowing.

The courtyard.

There are no straight lines in the building.

I went straight to the terrace.

The Mediterranean is in the distance.

Montjuic in the distance.

Mosaic and terracotta.

I guess its the chimney -- art historical guess.

It is its own landscape -- amazing.

Inside.

Invierno, anyone with me?  See you in December.

My new bedroom set.

My new view.

My feet on a Gaudi designed tile floor.

The exit.

Al final.